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D. H. SPENCER, J1'. SWIVELED SPOUT AND CASE.

No. 852,583. Patented Nov. 16,` 1886.

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SWIVBLED SPOUT AND CASE. No. 352,583. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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DnRAsTUs H. SPENCER, Jn., on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A

SWIVELED SPOUT AND CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.352,583, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed August 7, 1886. Serial No. 210,218. (No model.)

To Illu/hom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DnRAsTUs H. SPENCER, J r., residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Swiveled Spouts and lnclosing-Cases, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section at line :v x of Fig. 3. The Cover is shown in Fig. 1, but not in Fig. 3. Fig. 2 isafroutviewwith the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a top view with the cover removed. Fig. 1iv is a front View of the cover.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a modification.

vFig. 6 is a plan of the same.. Fig. 7. shows the removed parts oi the cover; Fig. 8, a section through an angleiron.

The object of my invention is to provide a case to inclose a swivel-spout for use in grainelevators, tlouring-mills, and other /places where grain or other material is to be dis tributed to two or more places, and to adapt the spout to be used in such case; also to providea bottom for the case, a portion of which can be easily perforated with dischffirgeopenings, and to the under side of which spouts can be readily connected, which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings. The object of the case is to retain dustand prevent the scattering of the material when the spout is rotated.

In the drawings,A represents the main portion of the case. a. is the back of this main part of the case; a', the top. bis a flange, extending outlaterally from a; b', .a flange extending downward from a portionof a. u is a part of the bottom; d, a flange extending out laterally from bottom u, and e a iiange projecting downward from bottom a. short cylinder extending downward from the top a. These parts may all be cast together.

i represents apart of the bottom, which may be made of wood. It is secured to the part u by means of screws, which pass through the flanges Il e. This bottom is provided with a number of holes, m, through which grain or other material may be delivered to spouts n, attached to the under side of t', which spouts may be carried outin any suitable direction.

The front of the case is provided with a @pisav large opening, which is closed by a coverff, which may be secured in place by screws or other fastening, and apacking, g, may beused to prevent the escape of dust. The cover, as

shown in Fig. 4, is provided with strengthen- The upper andlower ing-bands p at its edges. edges of the cover rest upon anges or sup-l ports on the parts b'd, as shown in- Figs. l, 2, and 3. One object of this opening, which is closed by the coverf, is to permit the insertion of the-spout. f

his a swivelspout, the upper end of whichl encircles the cylinder c, and the lower end is in a horizontal plane corresponding to the plane of the upper surface of il. f

t is a downward projection from the under side of the spout h, the vlower end of which rests upon the bottom u. This part t is provided with a socket to receive a rod, k, which may be held in the vsocket by a screw. This rod la is supposed to extend down as far as may be necessary to be within reach of the operator, and its lower end is provided with a handle. The rod k may be made in sections coupled together, the first coupling below the case forming a slip-joint, so as to relieve the bottom of the case from the weightof all but one section of the rod. The bars j show a convenient way of attaching the case to the elevator-leg Z.

g is an elevator-head, to which 4the upper end of the case-is attached.

'Ihe operation is as follows: By means of the rodJc an operator can turn the spout so that its delivery end will come over either one of the openings m. The grain or other material which is to .be distributed will be carried while` the spout is being moved, because its' lower end is on a line with and very near to, if not in actual contact with the bottom t. Access to the spout and to the inside of the case can be had by removing the cover j'.

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To enable the operator to determine when the end of the spout is directly over one of is horizontal.

the holes m, I provide an index near thelower end ot' the rod k, which, however, is nopart of this invention and is not shown.

The arrows in Figs.` 1 and 3 point to the front of the case.

If the bottom t' be made of wood, dischargeopenings can be readily made therein. By locating the bottom in ahorizontal plane spouting can b readily attached to the under side thereof, and by forming the lower end of the spout as before described it can readily move over the upper surface of i without scattering the material which is passing through it.

It is not necessary that the case be secured to an elevator-head. Aspout might be readily attached to the upper end of the case, which part u is changedl in form, that portion backof the rod lc being the same ink form as that in front of it. The only advantage of this modification is that a' greater number of dischargeopenings m and spouts n can be used. When this form is used, the cover extends all around, and may be made in sections, as shown in Fig. 7, and the radial edges of the sections may be supported by angle-irons composed of the parts 1/ and z. (See Figs. 5, 6, and 8.) The modified form of case may rest upon two or more bars, j', (Fig. 5).

What I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An inclosing-case having at its top a horizontal flange, b, and a. vertical cylinder, c, in combination with a swivel-spout, the upper end of which encircles the cylinder, substantially as specified.

2. A swivel-spout having its lower end in a horizontal plane, and provided witha pro: jection, t. in combination with an iuclosingcase having a bottom upon which said projection t rests and supports the swivel-spout, substantially as described.

3. A swivel-spout having its lower end in a horizontal plane, iu combination with an inclosingcase provided vwith a bottom having that portion to which the spouts are to be applied in a lhorizontal plane, substantially as shown anddescribed.

DERASTUS H. SPENCER, JR.

Witnesses: ,4 i

E. A. WEST, ALBERT H. ADAMS. 

